January 14, 2013

Hmm. I don't know. I clicked through and watched it a bit, and the main thing I thought was what a great cartoon, full of weirdness and sadism that was always there and not something new injected by the mysterious-serious soundtrack. The injection — which might feel good to druggies — is aggressive nudging that only serves the purposes of those too numb to see what is there in life as it already is.

The second thing I thought was every time those spooky voices incant "Koyaanisqatsi," what I hear is "[unintelligible] Wisconsin."

By the way, Meade happened to glance over at 0:50 and laughed out loud, not because of anything about the added soundtrack, but the original comic idea. I said: "What? This is 'Steamboat Willie,' the oldest cartoon in the world." But his laugh meant — as I immediately realized — that this is something perfectly great, perfectly timeless, and utterly — udderly — unimprovable.

Steamboat Willie was far from the first cartoon in the world.Fantasmagorie from 1908, was the first true animated cartoon.Gertie the Dinosaur from 1914, was one of the first successful animated cartoons was one of the first examples of true character animation.Oswald The Rabbit, another Disney creation, predated Mickey.

I just have to chime in with one of the single funniest lines in some going-in 25 years of 'The Simpsons'. Homer for whatever reason is reading a list of prizes in some contest.. "Ooooh, and look at this - An Evening with Philip Glass! What, just one evening??"

I always wondered just how many other people fell off the couch on that one.

Years ago (early to late 70's) when I was collecting underground comix (I have about 200+ sitting out in a box in the garage), I remember reading what the various artists were consuming or smoking when it came to drugs, and anecdotes about the cartoonist of the 30's being dopers.

For all I know, there may whole college courses devoted to this topic, but I do find it intriguing that Walt Disney was alleged to use mescaline & cocaine. Again, allegations, but the implications are interesting. Snow White (cocaine?) & Fantasia being very popular at showings for hippies under the influence of drugs.

Plus, Disney bought Lucasfilm and they're planning another 3 Star Wars movies. So the end times of civilization may be here. (Or Civilisation, as the Instapundit pointed out earlier.)Koyaanisqatsi and The Mouse are a paradigm of our onrushing culture.

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